The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2037
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.08° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.62° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.